Posted on 06/21/2023 7:36:23 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
The saga of the Titan submersible, missing since Monday shortly after it launched to take tourists to see the wreck of the Titanic, is a story that may prove to be as tragic — and maddening — as the tale of the doomed ocean liner itself.
In 2018, experts inside and outside the company sounded alarms about the Titan submersible — most notably, that the craft wasn’t properly certified to dive to the depths necessary to reach the Titanic. OceanGate’s director of marine operations, David Lochridge, wrote a report saying the craft needed more testing, stressing “the potential dangers to passengers of the Titan as the submersible reached extreme depths.”
Two months later, two dozen experts in the submersibles industry — deep sea explorers and oceanographers — sent a letter to OceanGate Expeditions chief executive Stockton Rush saying that the company’s refusal to get a “traditional assessment” could lead to potentially “catastrophic” problems with the Titanic mission.
It should be noted that Mr. Rush is currently onboard the Titan — wherever it may be. A Canadian search plane picked up underwater noises in the search area.
Canadian P-3 aircraft detected underwater noises in the search area. As a result, ROV operations were relocated in an attempt to explore the origin of the noises. Those ROV searches have yielded negative results but continue. 1/2
— USCGNortheast (@USCGNortheast) June 21, 2023
The report from Mr. Lochbridge was clear and specific in its warnings.
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I would think they might expect failures and if they wanted to remain solvent would use a significant portion of the passenger fees on liability insurance premiums.
Because families of dumb billionaires really need some petty settlement money
I’m finding it very hard to have any sympathy for anyone on this sub. Just stupid.
Nope, I feel for their families though.
nice lefty class warfare dig by you. EVERYONE is entitled to justice
Thanks, Travis. That’s an excellent video.
It appears thar WOKE was the biggest contributing factor to the tragedy. “Can’t hire any old experienced white guys”.
It takes 17 bolts unscrewed from the outside to open the thing. Crazy. They could bob around on the surface and cook in the hot sun while running of air.
The whole thing was obviously going to fail.
So, they refuse to hire “old white guys, “ renege on “traditional testing,” and look at what happened. Go woke, go die.
everything you say is true ... nonetheless, if fraud was involved (e.g., statements that they met standards that they didn’t actually meet), then waivers could be voided ... still there probably won’t be any assets anyway ... i bet everything was leased, including the mothership ... the little bit that might be available will be soaked up instantly by the lawyers ...
“There won’t be any bodies anywhere near the wreck if the sub did indeed implode and breakup. The currents will carry them away.”
there won’t be any bodies if their was an implosion at that depth, just jelly ...
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